Why most people(kids & adults) here wear cloth masks, but not disposable masks like other countries?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some countries have all people (kids & adults) wear disposable masks that prove to be more effective since they have meltdown filter something like that to prevent covid transmission , and their schools has been opened without covid cases.

Right now, disposable masks are available & sold everywhere at department stores & online for a good price (like $15-$20 for 50 packs), but I don't understand why most people still wear cloth masks that prove to be less effective to prevent covid transmission.

If we have kids & teachers wear disposable masks at school, will that make it more safer & more likely for school to be opened? They live normal life except wearing disposable masks going everywhere. I am so jealous of them.

I read a study that showed cloth masks with filters were more effective than most of the disposable masks that you can buy online - mainly because you don't really know what you're getting, and real medical quality masks are impossible to buy right now.

[Anonymous]

I prefer disposable masks. The fit me well and the kids version fits my daughter well. My daughter uses 2 per day at school. I don't care if it hurts the environment. Comfort and safety is more important right now. And because people in my family tend to lose things, might as well just do the disposable cause it is not a big deal if lost. For us, I see them getting lost in the black hole...just like socks.

[Anonymous]

Find me a reputable disposable mask that’s made in the US and not China.

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I really don't think people wearing surgical masks in other countries are using them once and throwing away either......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We wear masks made from quilting material - which as good if not better than the disposable ones. We are lucky to know quilters.

Quilting material is just 100% cotton. What is helpful about knowing a quilter is the patterns they can stitch that make passing particles more difficult. That's why stitched blankets are warmer than ones with just batting in them. Air can't get through them as easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don't think people wearing surgical masks in other countries are using them once and throwing away either......

Yeah, I’m not. We use the disposable masks until they break or fray.

I find them much more comfortable than the cloth masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Find me a reputable disposable mask that’s made in the US and not China.

Exactly!

Disposable masks made in questionable foreign factories could end up doing more harm to our health than Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We wear masks made from quilting material - which as good if not better than the disposable ones. We are lucky to know quilters.

Quilting material is just 100% cotton. What is helpful about knowing a quilter is the patterns they can stitch that make passing particles more difficult. That's why stitched blankets are warmer than ones with just batting in them. Air can't get through them as easily.

Actually you are incorrect. The warmest comforters and quilts are stitched less. Less stitching allows more air to be trapped in the quilt/comforter, which is what warms you up.

[Anonymous]

I'm not wearing some paper mask produced in a Chinese factory using whatever left over radioactive material they could find.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really don't think people wearing surgical masks in other countries are using them once and throwing away either......

Yeah, I’m not. We use the disposable masks until they break or fray.

I find them much more comfortable than the cloth masks.

Ew. Do you clean them? I change my cloth mask about every 2 hours because I wear one at work for 8 hours a day. Then they go in the washer/dryer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Find me a reputable disposable mask that’s made in the US and not China.

Exactly!

Disposable masks made in questionable foreign factories could end up doing more harm to our health than Covid.

I found a box of American-made disposables and they were expensive- $50 for 50 masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really don't think people wearing surgical masks in other countries are using them once and throwing away either......

Yeah, I’m not. We use the disposable masks until they break or fray.

I find them much more comfortable than the cloth masks.

Ew. Do you clean them? I change my cloth mask about every 2 hours because I wear one at work for 8 hours a day. Then they go in the washer/dryer.

I'm with you PP. That's totally gross to use disposable masks until they break. Why even bother. Every person in our family has 9 or 10 cloth masks that go into the hamper each day. We're not out much so it isn't like they use all 9 or 10 in one day but this way there are some back-ups.

I even have another 5 or 6 in a basket by the front door in case someone comes to the house and needs to come in. I don't allow visitors in with those flimsy disposable masks. They need to use one of our clean, tight-fitting, 3-layer masks or they are not coming anywhere near our property or us.

[Anonymous]

What countries are you talking about? Most i work with use reusable masks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really don't think people wearing surgical masks in other countries are using them once and throwing away either......

Yeah, I’m not. We use the disposable masks until they break or fray.

I find them much more comfortable than the cloth masks.

Ew. Do you clean them? I change my cloth mask about every 2 hours because I wear one at work for 8 hours a day. Then they go in the washer/dryer.

I'm with you PP. That's totally gross to use disposable masks until they break. Why even bother. Every person in our family has 9 or 10 cloth masks that go into the hamper each day. We're not out much so it isn't like they use all 9 or 10 in one day but this way there are some back-ups.

I even have another 5 or 6 in a basket by the front door in case someone comes to the house and needs to come in. I don't allow visitors in with those flimsy disposable masks. They need to use one of our clean, tight-fitting, 3-layer masks or they are not coming anywhere near our property or us.

It wasn’t expensive to buy like 50
Cloth masks?!?

[Anonymous]

I don’t like the chemical smell of paper masks. I have thick cotton ones that are very fitted to my face and I like that for breathing better. If I’m going to a doctor I double paper then cotton.